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Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 2d

Some heroes do wear capes.

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Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 2d

He was never a serious candidate.

Everything is a distraction from what's important. Release the Epstein files.

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Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like one of the defense pairs is struggling a bit there.

Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 4d

I'll be cheering for the Tigers on Friday, but tonight, in this moment, we can all come together as one to celebrate the Yankees' elimination.

Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 4d

It's the first time I've ever bought gold as an investment, and it's up 50% since I bought in, in January.

My reasoning was that Trump guaranteed instability, and that's exactly what made the price go up all year long. That's why it won't stop going up.

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Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 4d

If AI can use our words and thoughts so that they can replace our jobs, then people should be given lifelong reparations in the form of UBI.

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Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 5d

Construction on the new Whitehouse ballroom continues unabated though.

Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 5d

This isn't justice, it's Reality TV for an audience of one.

Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 5d

I kind of wish there was a fire/brimstone hell just so child rapists, like the President, and the prosperity preachers (teaching exactly what Jesus didn't), all get what they truly deserve.

Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 9d

Vonnegut taught us that time is a collection of moments, and it's often trauma that allows us to see past the linearity it first appears to be.

Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 14d

Seeing Bill Burr in there is a huge disappointment.

Tom Rodgers @tojuro.bsky.social · 18d

The labor is undocumented, criminally underpaid, harassed by ICE and blamed for every problem in the world while the farmer (who hates socialism) gets a bailout. It's a rotten system.